The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!

The great art of writing is the art of making people real to themselves with words.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

One's own vanities and humiliations I find a delicious subject for conversation. Things said of me behind my back I don't enjoy, and don't listen to them.

I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me.